If there is one thing present on every email user’s wish list, it would be to never receive spam again. It resembles those newspaper inserts that come out when we open them. You can’t avoid them, and getting rid of email scams are more trouble than it’s worth.
Scammers are able to operate in scale because of email’s ease, anonymity, and capacity for rapid communication with thousands of individuals at once. Scammers just need a tiny portion of the tens of thousands of email recipients to fall for their scam in order for it to succeed.
What do email fraudsters do?
Email fraudsters employ a number of tactics to get past email security measures and trick their victims into providing information or executing dangerous malware. A harmful website where the con artist gathers private information about their victims is linked in certain scam emails.
Online fraudsters might use an email attachment to infect your machine with a virus. These infections give them the ability to steal important data from your machine.
How to deal with email scams?
You shouldn’t always trust emails sent to you by people or organisations you don’t know. Those emails’ attachments should not be opened.
Verify the sender’s identity. Check the email address and domain to see if they match the organization or person they claim to be from.
You should put spam-filtering procedures in place to stop email frauds from entering your inbox.
Additionally, you must never click on any links included in emails. A cleverly constructed link might take you to a fake website that tries to fool you into giving up personal information or installing malware.
In future if you face or come across any such email scams, then without even thinking twice just straight away report it on ScamYodha (www.scamyodha.com).
Report scams
Scamyodha is an initiation from Ceegees Software Solutions. It is a crowdsourced information. The more users who utilize the service, the more data it will have and the faster it will be able to offer new information.
Reporting scams / spams are made very easy through scamyodha web or mobile application. It helps you to identify scams with less effort, as the verification is a two-step procedure where a trusted validator verifies the proof and provided information before making it available to the wider public.
Moreover, scamyodha does not require access to your contact list. As a result, your contact information is not shared with any third party.
It’s important to note that new scamming techniques are continuously evolving, so it’s always a good idea to stay informed and aware of the latest scams.
Senior Software Engineer, Ceegees Software Solutions Pvt Ltd.